Enrollment in elementary, secondary, and degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution, enrollment level, and attendance status and sex of student: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2025

[In thousands]

Level and control of institution, enrollment level, and attendance status and sex of student

Actual

Projected

1990

2000

2010

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

All levels

60,683

68,685

75,886

75,816

75,661

75,810

76,136

76,633

77,075

77,479

77,875

78,321

78,759

79,187

79,565

79,800

Elementary and secondary schools1

46,864

53,373

54,867

55,440

55,454

55,546

55,620

55,661

55,665

55,726

55,862

55,998

56,146

56,291

56,416

56,510

Public

41,217

47,204

49,484

50,045

50,132

50,268

50,385

50,477

50,528

50,618

50,774

50,928

51,084

51,225

51,338

51,420

Private

5,648

2

6,169

2

5,382

2

5,396

5,322

5,278

5,235

5,183

5,136

5,108

5,088

5,070

5,062

5,065

5,078

5,090

Prekindergarten to

grade 8

34,388

38,592

38,708

39,335

39,255

39,265

39,339

39,350

39,365

39,410

39,430

39,418

39,443

39,616

39,802

39,995

Public3

29,876

33,686

34,625

35,251

35,249

35,298

35,402

35,451

35,491

35,543

35,559

35,541

35,558

35,712

35,878

36,052

Private

4,512

2

4,906

2

4,084

2

4,084

4,006

3,968

3,938

3,899

3,873

3,867

3,871

3,877

3,885

3,904

3,923

3,943

Grades 9 to 12

12,476

14,781

16,159

16,106

16,199

16,281

16,281

16,311

16,300

16,316

16,432

16,580

16,703

16,675

16,614

16,515

Public3

11,341

13,517

14,860

14,794

14,883

14,970

14,983

15,026

15,037

15,075

15,215

15,387

15,526

15,514

15,460

15,368

Private

1,136

2

1,264

2

1,299

2

1,312

1,316

1,311

1,298

1,284

1,263

1,242

1,217

1,194

1,177

1,161

1,155

1,147

Degree-granting postsecondary institutions

13,819

15,312

21,019

20,376

20,207

4

20,264

20,516

20,972

21,410

21,753

22,013

22,323

22,613

22,896

23,149

23,290

Undergraduate

11,959

13,155

18,082

17,475

17,293

4

17,298

17,490

17,853

18,214

18,496

18,704

18,954

19,187

19,417

19,631

19,756

Full-time

6,976

7,923

11,457

10,938

10,784

4

10,801

10,930

11,164

11,386

11,551

11,670

11,814

11,950

12,098

12,229

12,285

Part-time

4,983

5,232

6,625

6,536

6,509

4

6,497

6,561

6,689

6,828

6,944

7,034

7,140

7,236

7,318

7,403

7,471

Male

5,380

5,778

7,836

7,660

7,586

4

7,499

7,528

7,634

7,774

7,889

7,970

8,074

8,176

8,274

8,367

8,433

Female

6,579

7,377

10,246

9,815

9,707

4

9,799

9,962

10,219

10,440

10,607

10,734

10,880

11,011

11,143

11,264

11,323

2-year

5,240

5,948

7,684

6,969

6,714

4

7,114

7,194

7,346

7,500

7,622

7,706

7,810

7,912

8,007

8,096

8,157

4-year

6,719

7,207

10,399

10,506

10,578

4

10,184

10,296

10,507

10,714

10,874

10,998

11,144

11,275

11,410

11,535

11,599

Public

9,710

10,539

13,703

13,347

13,245

4

13,353

13,499

13,777

14,056

14,275

14,436

14,630

14,811

14,988

15,154

15,255

Private

2,250

2,616

4,379

4,128

4,048

4

3,945

3,992

4,076

4,158

4,220

4,268

4,324

4,376

4,429

4,477

4,501

Postbaccalaureate

1,860

2,157

2,937

2,901

2,915

4

2,966

3,025

3,119

3,196

3,257

3,308

3,369

3,427

3,479

3,517

3,534

Full-time

845

1,087

1,630

1,659

1,670

4

1,684

1,721

1,778

1,821

1,852

1,879

1,912

1,944

1,973

1,991

1,994

Part-time

1,015

1,070

1,307

1,242

1,244

4

1,282

1,304

1,341

1,375

1,405

1,429

1,457

1,483

1,506

1,526

1,541

Male

904

944

1,209

1,201

1,211

4

1,261

1,279

1,311

1,344

1,371

1,394

1,422

1,449

1,473

1,492

1,504

Female

955

1,213

1,728

1,700

1,703

4

1,704

1,746

1,809

1,852

1,886

1,914

1,947

1,978

2,006

2,026

2,030

1 Includes enrollments in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Excludes homeschooled children who were not also enrolled in public and private schools. Private elementary enrollment includes preprimary students in schools offering kindergarten or higher grades.

2 Estimated.

3 Includes prorated proportion of students classified as ungraded.

4 Data are actual.

NOTE: Postsecondary data for 1990 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.